EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County health officials have called up cold storage units to hold bodies in case the county morgue reaches capacity. As of…
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Chronic stress can change your brain. Experiencing racism could make it worse. Racial discrimination may increase stress, lead to health problems and…
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas surpassed 4,000 deaths in the coronavirus pandemic Monday but officials in Houston, one of the hardest-hit cities in the…
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For anyone still wondering whether this surge in new Covid-19 cases is real — or if it just looks that way due to increased testing — a…
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WASHINGTON, DC — The desperate race to corral the coronavirus pandemic took on even greater urgency Monday as a burgeoning economic crisis collided…
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EL PASO, Texas — To accommodate the high demand, increase efficiency and improve wait times, the state of Texas consolidated four of five El Paso…
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EL PASO, Texas — In a presentation to El Paso City Council on Monday, the county’s top doctor outlined the harmful impact the coronavirus is having…
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LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — A Kentucky couple has been placed under house arrest for refusing to sign self-quarantine documents. It all started when…
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Health officials in New Mexico reported seven additional Covid-19 deaths, including one in Doña Ana…
Continue Reading There are 21 known ways to reduce your risk of developing Alzheimer’s, and 10 of those are backed by strong scientific evidence, new research…
Continue Reading America’s poor diet isn’t just bad for us. It’s now considered a threat to national security. Diet-related illnesses are a growing…
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced five new coronavirus-related deaths on Monday morning. Health officials…
Continue Reading First, health officials said we shouldn’t wear face masks. Then, they said we should. Now, many are saying we must wear masks if we want to…
Continue Reading Within 30 days from their surgeries, Black children had a greater risk of suffering complications and death than White children, and were nearly 3.5…
Continue Reading Plastic wrap. Plastic bags. These are some of the workarounds teens use to protect themselves from pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections,…
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials on Sunday reported an additional 241 Covid-19 cases, bringing the statewide total…
Continue Reading Daniel is still hobbled by the severe viral infection that struck him in March and left him coughing up blood. Three months ago, a 28-year-old…
Continue Reading Shirley Freeman has been seeing therapists on and off for about six years, but not a single one has been Black. Her inability to find a mental health…
Continue Reading A month ago, Florida reported almost 4,000 new coronavirus cases, a record increase in its numbers. On Sunday, the state reported more than triple…
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EL PASO, Texas — Fueled by rapid spread of the coronavirus among those under 40, El Paso public health leaders reported a pandemic record…
Continue Reading When Californian Lindsey Sutton was an infant, her blood was the color of cherry Pepto Bismol. Doctors quickly discovered it was highly saturated…
Continue Reading “Keep close to Nature’s heart … and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your…
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EL PASO, Texas — On Saturday, in church that can hold up to 1,200 people, 40 people celebrated the sacrament of confirmation in front of three…
Continue Reading At least two Florida counties are under curfew Saturday to fight the spread of coronavirus, just hours after the governor said officials won’t…
Continue Reading The US Food and Drug Administration on Saturday announced it has issued an emergency use authorization that allows the laboratory Quest Diagnostics…
Continue Reading Earlier this month, I — along with 38,000 or so other medical school graduates — officially began medical residency training here in the…
Continue Reading LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Southern New Mexico accounted for two of the state’s four new coronavirus deaths on Saturday, health officials said, as the…
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County topped 11,000 total coronavirus cases on Saturday with the addition of 289 new infections, health officials said.…
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Eighty-five infants under age 1 have tested positive for coronavirus in one Texas county. And local officials are…
Continue Reading Is your blood type A, B, a combination of the two or something else? You don’t know, you say? Many people don’t know their blood type. In…
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